Cling

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To hold fast or adhere to something, as by grasping, sticking, embracing, or entwining: clung to the rope to keep from falling; fabrics that cling to the body.
  • verb-intransitive. To remain close; resist separation: We clung together in the storm.
  • verb-intransitive. To remain emotionally attached; hold on: clinging to outdated customs.
  • n. Botany A clingstone.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
  • n. adherence; attachment; devotion
  • v. To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.
  • v. To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; ; -- usually followed by to or together.
  • v. To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.
  • v. To make to dry up or wither.
  • n. Adherence; attachment; devotion.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To adhere closely; be attached; stick: as, a wet garment clings to the limbs.
  • To hold fast, especially by the hands or by coiling round or embracing, or, figuratively, by refusing to abandon or give up.
  • To rush with violence.
  • To wither; shrivel.
  • To cause to adhere closely; apply firmly and closely.
  • To consume; waste to leanness; shrivel.
  • n. Adherence; attachment; the act of holding fast; embrace.
  • n. A bunch; a cluster; an aggregation of several things that cling together.
  • n. A dysentery or bloody flux of sheep: a frequently fatal inflammation of the large intestine of sheep, accompanied with fever and fluid discharges from the bowels.
  • n. In horticulture, a peach, nectarine, or apricot in which the flesh adheres strongly to the stone; a clingstone.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit
  • v. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
  • v. to remain emotionally or intellectually attached
  • v. hold on tightly or tenaciously
  • Verb Form
    clang    clinging    clings    clung   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    edible fruit    grasp    hold on   
    Variant
    clung   
    Form
    clung    clong    clinging    cling film    clingfilm   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stick    adherence    attachment    devotion    hold   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
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